Battling Butler

Battling Butler 1926

6.80

A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.

1926

Faust

Faust 1926

7.88

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

1926

The General

The General 1926

7.96

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.

1926

For Heaven's Sake

For Heaven's Sake 1926

6.90

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

1926

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926

7.52

Taken from The Arabian Nights, the film tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse and sends the rider off on a flight to his death. But the prince foils the magician’s plan, and soars headlong into a series of wondrous adventures.

1926

The Son of the Sheik

The Son of the Sheik 1926

6.30

Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.

1926

Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox 1926

6.17

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

1926

Mother

Mother 1926

7.11

A Soviet woman is caught between her husband and son, who find themselves on opposing sides of the Russian Revolution.

1926

The Bat

The Bat 1926

6.30

A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.

1926

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow 1926

6.73

When Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids him to marry her because Sally is a commoner. Thinking she has been jilted by her prince, Sally marries wealthy Baron Sadoja. When the elderly man dies suddenly, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

1926

Pilar Guerra

Pilar Guerra 1926

4.90

A woman abandoned by her lover sells his body to a sculptor, who is the best friend of her lover.

1926

Saturday Afternoon

Saturday Afternoon 1926

5.60

Harry and his friend have planned to go out for an afternoon of fun. But first, Harry must figure out how to slip away from his domineering wife with some money to spend...

1926

The Return of Grey Wolf

The Return of Grey Wolf 1926

10.00

Grey Wolf, a German Shepherd Dog, leads the human hero to victory in this silent western.

1926

The Blackbird

The Blackbird 1926

6.20

Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the other to win her heart.

1926

Tell It to the Marines

Tell It to the Marines 1926

6.30

U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.

1926

The Flute of Krishna

The Flute of Krishna 1926

5.17

Produced by the Eastman Kodak Company and shot in a then-experimental process, two-color Kodachrome, Martha Graham's dance "The Flute of Krishna" is performed by students from the Eastman School of Music. It's likely (but unconfirmed) that the film was directed by an uncredited Rouben Mamoulian.

1926

Wife Tamers

Wife Tamers 1926

6.00

Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him up with a pretty girl who is stranded in their neighborhood. He takes her out to dinner, but to his disgust he discovers that she lacks even one ounce of class and her table manners are frightening. Soon enough, Barrymore is reunited with his wife.

1926

The Sign of the Claw

The Sign of the Claw 1926

1

A police dog and his cop track a gang of bank robbers, one of which is the dog's former abusive owner.

1926

The Bride of Glomdal

The Bride of Glomdal 1926

6.50

Tore takes over the rundown family farm. Applying his youthful energy, he intends to make it into a big farm like Glomgården on the other side of the river, where beautiful Berit loves. Tore falls in love with her, but her father has promised her to rich Gjermund. As her wedding to Gjermund draws near, Berit runs away and seeks refuge with Tore and his parents. She soon falls deathly ill but recovers, asking for, and getting, her father’s permission to marry Tore. Jealous Gjermund is determined to prevent their wedding, however, in a dramatic climactic scene playing out around the rushing river.

1926

Flesh and the Devil

Flesh and the Devil 1926

7.30

When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.

1926